Win or lose, Tom Kim needed to verify he cleared the air.
Kim referred to as out some members of the U.S. Presidents Cup workforce throughout his press convention on Saturday evening at Royal Montreal, criticizing his opponents for what he described as a scarcity of sportsmanship.
“I may hear some gamers cursing at us,” Kim instructed the room of reporters, although he didn’t reveal any names.
A day later, following his hard-earned tie with Sam Burns in singles and one other lopsided defeat for the Internationals, Kim sought out U.S. captain Jim Furyk and one among his Saturday-afternoon opponents, Xander Schauffele, to elucidate himself and apologize for any controversy he could have created.
“I didn’t imply it to go in such a destructive approach,” Kim stated of his presser feedback. “If it did, I simply stated I’m sorry. It was simply I felt like what I heard yesterday, some feedback that I’ve heard was at the moment, simply coming off the inexperienced, it got here to me so personally and simply I felt prefer it was proper to share. Positively, I didn’t actually at the moment, simply didn’t suppose it might be so destructive. … After I performed with Patrick and Xander, clearly we’ve battled a number of occasions and so they’ve all the time been such nice rivals. I’ve all the time felt like there’s such a very good sportsmanship between us. It was simply exterior the ropes, and I felt like that was somewhat misunderstanding on my half, which I ought to have defined higher.
“So, I went to him, and I stated, I didn’t imply it that approach. I apologize if it got here out wrongly. It was simply this and this occurred, but when it affected you guys so negatively, I actually do apologize. I didn’t imply to do it in that approach.”
Schauffele and Cantlay each gained their matches on Sunday, every ending off 4-1 performances.
“He simply had a number of phrases with Cap and I,” Schauffele stated of he and Kim’s post-match change. “It was truthfully in personal. If you happen to’d wish to ask him about what was stated, that’s on him to say as a result of he’s the one which got here as much as us, however I don’t really feel prefer it’s on me or anybody up right here to reveal what he stated.”
Kim ended the week 2-2, and he was noticeably much less demonstrative in his match in opposition to Burns, although he did ship a number of large fist pumps after sinking a 15-footer for birdie at No. 15 to erase Burns’ lead.
